Hayao Miyazaki Quotes

I like underwater life.

Reality is for people that lack imagination.

Always believe in yourself. Do this and no matter where you are, you will have nothing to fear.

I am an animator. I feel like I'm the manager of a animation cinema factory. I am not an executive. I'm rather like a foreman, like the boss of a team of craftsmen. That is the spirit of how I work.

Life is a winking light in the darkness.

The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos.

There are all kinds of values within the films but I don't make message films.

Whenever someone creates something with all of their heart, then that creation is given a soul.

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

Those are shrines. Some people believe spirits live in them.

Nobody has the right to sit in judgment and decide what's good or bad for you.

I would like to make a film to tell children "it's good to be alive".

No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.

Engineers turn dreams into reality.

It’s disgusting. On trains, the number of those people doing that strange masturbation-like gesture is multiplying.

I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't control.

Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

We live in an age when it is cheaper to buy the rights to movies than to make them.

I wanted to convey the message to children that this life is worth living.

We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.

See with eyes unclouded by hate.

We get strength and encouragement from watching children.

We are not trying to solve the world's problems... However, even in the midst of hatred and killing, there are things worth living for. A wonderful encounter, or a thing of beauty can still exist.

I don't like games. You're robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the real world more.

Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.

It would be wonderful if I could see the end of civilization during my lifetime.

Actually I think CGI has the potential to equal or even surpass what the human hand can do.

Virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to reality. Virtual reality can imprison people.

Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.

Airplanes are the most beautiful when they are in the air.

Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.

People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages.

My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time.

I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.

The love of weaponry is often a manifestation of infantile traits in an adult.

Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.

When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something.

I get inspiration from my everyday life.

In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.

I'd like more of the world go back to being wild.

What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly.

Since I am a person who starts work without clear knowledge of a storyline, every single scene is a pivotal scene.

Modern life is so thin and shallow and fake. I look forward to when developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.

Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.

I don't intentionally make deep movies.

But remember this, Japanese boy... airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams. Engineers turn dreams into reality.

Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.

All my films are all my children.

I think it's really good for a family or children to have a dog, cat, bird or whatever to grow up with.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.